Addicted to Noise was an online music magazine in the early days of the World Wide Web. Founded by ex-Rolling Stone editor and writer Michael Goldberg and online music pioneer Jon Luini, it published its first issue in January 1995 and was the first online magazine to include audio samples along side new album reviews. In 1997, ATN and SonicNet were both acquired by Paradigm Music Entertainment [1], which in turn was acquired by TCI Music which was then acquired by Viacom in 1999 and folded into MTV's online operation, MTVi. [2] Former Director of Ad Sales, David Hyman, went on to found MOG. [3]
In 2008 MTV started a short-lived online venture using the same domain name.[4]
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